A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: greedy

Number of occurrences in corpus: 10

AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 20 ith no sad heart tears with a greedy tooth / those who submit, stai
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 8 id maw / and gnaws it with its greedy mouth, / while my body stiffen
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 3 nions, / through fields which a greedy rich man owned. / The fields’
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 14 in ancient times, / before the greedy Flood had punished the world
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2497 ng time ago fell, laid low by greedy deceit, / when he, a glutton, p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2587 y to break this vice, / since a greedy bearer of a purse [Judas] com
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2590 d been trusted with / and being greedy he secretly embezzled the pay
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2595 th his blood. / Likewise, the greedy ruler of the Hebrew nation [A
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2617 s seven citadels. / So does the greedy man, piling up gold trinkets
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2623 used fulfilment. / So also, the greedy man and fire and hell / can be